... noticed strange objects hanging from the trees -- small blue rectangular frames, criss-crossed with blue, red, green and orange threads. The criss-crossing was so meticulousand so closely wound that even a ... Peter. "You were with him," she said. "Why, your speech betrays you. You, too, are a Galilean!" Peter snared in the trap of denial cried out, "I know not the man!" Jesus looked at him and Peter wept bitterly. Legend has it that the furrows from those tears remained on his face the rest of his life. Peter ...
... these ancient trees were formed from the shoots of trees that were there in Jesus’ day. Still, it is probable that the little paths which criss-cross the Mount of Olives were trodden by our Lord Himself. It was to this garden of rest on the side of a hill ... use of force against His enemies, as seems to be the case in what we call “the cleansing of the Temple.” Did Jesus rebuke Peter in the garden because of a fear that an all-out battle would ensue because of one man’s impetuous act, a battle in which ...
... , "Who is this, that even the wind and sea obey him?" It happened, as you know, on the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had begun to criss-cross that body of water, teaching and healing on different shores. He finished a full day of telling parables, and told his followers it was ... be the only time in the entire Gospel of Mark when Jesus directly helps his disciples. Once in chapter one, he relieves Peter's mother-in-law of a headache, but that doesn't count. Apparently the disciples never asked for help, or he never ...
